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TL; DR
- A long-time analyst has claimed that Samsung will drop the Exynos power supply for the Galaxy S23 series.
- Instead, it’s believed that Samsung will exclusively use Snapdragon silicon for its next-gen Galaxy S phones.
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Samsung has traditionally been content to use both Qualcomm Snapdragon and in-house Exynos chipsets in its flagship Galaxy S series. 2022 has seen the majority of Galaxy S22 series devices use Snapdragon power, however, and it looks like the company could up the ante next year.
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Veteran analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed on Twitter that Qualcomm could be the sole supplier of the Galaxy S23 series next year, adding that it will be manufactured using TSMC’s 4nm process.
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“S23 may not adopt Exynos 2300 made by Samsung 4nm because it cannot compete with SM8550 in all aspects,” Kuo noted in a follow-up tweet. The SM8550 is Qualcomm’s next-gen high-end processor, which is set to earn the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 moniker.
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For what it’s worth, the vanilla Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Samsung’s Exynos 2200 are both made by Samsung. However, our own tests found these chipsets to be a bit disappointing due to throttling.
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Fortunately, Qualcomm says the refreshed Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC, made by TSMC, has major efficiency gains and a 10% increase in CPU and GPU clock speeds. This tentatively suggests that Samsung’s manufacturing process might not be up to par with TSMC’s process.
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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of Samsung allegedly skipping a version of Exynos next year. from Korea Naver outlet made a wild claim in May, alleging that Samsung would skip Exynos processors for devices in 2023 and 2024 before a new in-house chipset debuting in 2025. Samsung told us at the time that “no specific decision” was made. had been taken in this regard.
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Still, if confirmed, it would be the first time since 2014’s Galaxy S5 that a flagship Galaxy S series was exclusively powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon silicon. It would also be the first time since 2015’s Galaxy S6 series that a chipset has powered a generation of the Galaxy S series.
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